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since each player is able to challenge the opponent's play though will lose their next go if they are wrong. It's great fun, and I must say I prefer the challenge mode, although most players prefer normal mode. Challenge is a slower game, though careful attention is needed to play the most difficult words that you can, in order to gain the advantage over the opponent.

In all games

Swapping of tiles that you don't like is acceptable in all games, though loses you a turn on the board. Moving pieces onto the board is very simple putting the cursor on the piece in question and simply moving it into it's place. Blank tiles are counted as any choice you care to make, and can be used by tapping the tile and typing in the letter you require that tile to be. Scores are shown during the game, and if you feel like a laugh, you can tap the little character that represents you as a player and change your look. I've been a blond, a brunette and a little boy with a silly hat. As for the different colors of letters, these represent different values for the level of difficulty for placing such a letter, with vowels scoring much less than for example a letter like Q.

The purpose of the game.

Literati have a league and many of the players take league playing very seriously. Personally, I am not that interested in what ranking I have, though always play games that count towards ranking since otherwise you tend to get players that are not that serious about the game. Rated games do bring out the more serious players and are certainly the way to go.

Rudeness

As you play, there is a talk box at the bottom of the screen, and although many of the contestants are amicable, some are plain rude. Many want to know your age, sex and location, although you usually get a feel for those that are there to play and those that are there to talk. I have experienced very rude players and my advice in the case of encountering one of these people is to leave the game, and find someone who is a decent human being to play a game with.

My thoughts on the game.

It's a good game, and one I feel would be better if the dictionary used was the same as that used for Scrabble. What detracts from the quality of the game is the use of American words as opposed to recognizable English words, though once you get over the culture shock, you can still have a pretty good game.

You come across many characters that you bump into regularly, and can message players in the room where you set up a game by tapping their name twice and sending a greeting. I think it is one of the most consistent of on line games for interaction with others. There are better one player word games, though I find meeting people from all over the world, and playing sometimes two games at a time is great fun, and passes the time in an amicable way.

See you there.

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